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Salisbury Cathedral Scrap-book 7

Scrap Book 7

1909 - 1996

1 volume

A purpose-made scrap-book with a coloured, diagonal stripe design on the cover and a banner heading, "Scrap Book". The book contains mainly press-cuttings with some illustrations and material from other printed sources, all relating to the history, features and contents of the Cathedral and to people associated with it. Most items have been glued to the pages of the scrap-book but some are inserted loosely. Contents and principal topics referred to include: "Midsummer morning at Stonehenge" (Jun 1932); Tercentenary celebrations for Sir Christopher Wren (Oct 1932); articles and correspondence about the search for the stained glass "ruthlessly thrown away by Wyatt in 1790" by Vicar-Choral Dr Stanley Baker (1932-1934); obituaries for Harry William Carpenter (1854-1936), Archdeacon and Precentor, and a hand-written copy of a letter to the Church Times about the dedication of a memorial to him (1936); sermons and lectures by C T Dimont, Principal of Salisbury Theological College 1913-1937 (1942); obituaries of E L Henderson (Dean of Salisbury 1936-1943); Charles Myers (Treasurer of the Cathedral 1926-1937); Stanley Baker (Vicar Choral 1897-1950) and his wife, Ethel; and Ernest Neville Lovett (Bishop of Salisbury 1936-1946); funeral of Sir Walter Alcock (Organist 1916-1947); illustrated article on life in the Close in 1949; dedication of memorials to Robert de Bingham (1180-1246, Bishop of Salisbury 1229-1246) and Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1933-1937), who claimed descent from the Bishop, at St Mary's Church, Wilton. St Mary's stands on the site of the church where Robert de Bingham was consecrated as Bishop before the Cathedral was completed; Robert Worth Bingham and his family funded the restoration of the chancel; notes on Salisbury Diocesan Church House (1931) and on Audley House, Salisbury (1909); drawing of Salisbury Cathedral by Tom Willett (1888-1944), sand artist, on Hastings beach (undated); introduction of entry charges at the Cathedral for an experimental period of two months - 10 pence for adults, 5 pence for children (undated; early 1970s?); permanent floodlighting of the Cathedral (19 Jul 1973), for which it won the Outdoor Lighting Award in 1975; retirement of W Fenton Morley as Dean of Salisbury and installation of Sydney Hall Evans (1977); obituaries of and tributes to Sydney Hall Evans (1988); and appointment if John Austen Baker as Bishop of Salisbury (1982); and articles and debate about falling visitor numbers, coach parking and admission charges (1980s).

English

Material: paper

Eward, Suzanne
Dimont, Elisabeth
Evans, Sydney Hall